When I bought my first Loadmaster I could tighten the shell plate finger tight. After getting everything working properly with the num. 19 shell plate I started on the num. 4 and 2. I had to mill down the Num. 4 and num. 2 shell plates to be able to tighten the shell plate nut. After doing that all ...

It's generally felt that starting reloading with a progressive press is a mistake. I think you should get a single stage press to use until you understand the entire process of reloading ammunition. Throw away the hammer and smoke something to mellow out a bit. A bad temper and a short fuse spell di...

I shake around a container full of cases so they are setting with the case mouth up. Pick up 6 or 8 between the thumb and first 3 fingers. Slide them around over the holes in the collator and they drop easily head first down the holes.

I wanted my 40S&W tubes a little longer so they would hold an even 25 each. To splice a tube I cut a 1-1/2" piece of an old tube, split it on one side, slide it onto the long piece and the short new piece I wanted to splice on, wrap the splice area securely with electrical tape. When I star...

They are almost flawless for that function. :mrgreen: I have mostly been shooting my Henry rifles lately Gary. I got a Henry Big Boy 45 colt, and a Henry "Small Game Carbine" in 22 LR. I have been feeling better lately and have more guns I am wanting to shoot. I need to shoot so I can do ...

When receiving a part back from any manufacture I usually feel better receiving the corrected original part instead of a new one that might be bad too but was just tossed into the box as a replacement.

Sounds like the problem is in the shell plate. Put any old free turning shell plate that worked on and operate the press with the new flipper lever. That should determine where the problem is coming from.

I always enjoyed "do it yourself projects" so I made my Loadmasters run myself. The case slider for instance is 2 standard case sliders epoxied together with a light piece of aluminum 3 inch long. the 2 crank sliders allow the rod to always exit the center of the load preventing any bindin...